"Scope eye" blurry vision

dodderangler

Anyone else get this? My problem is it happens with the shotgun.
I get blurry vision and I reckon it's why I'm missing a lot of shots. Few birds have been basically put on a plate from the dog and I've missed. Worst was I chased a huge cock pheasant for ten minutes and dog set and put it up no more than 25 yards from me and I missed completely yet I hit a jack snipe at about 40 yards week before. I noticed when I took shots I had a blurry kind of vision.
I know it happens with scopes but with a shotgun it seems unheard of.
Am I maybe focusing too much and panicking? Didn't happen at all during summer taking out crows and pigeons for farmer.
Missed very few and had nice bags after most sessions.

Tawny Owl

dodderangler wrote: »

Anyone else get this? My problem is it happens with the shotgun.
I get blurry vision and I reckon it's why I'm missing a lot of shots. Few birds have been basically put on a plate from the dog and I've missed. Worst was I chased a huge cock pheasant for ten minutes and dog set and put it up no more than 25 yards from me and I missed completely yet I hit a jack snipe at about 40 yards week before. I noticed when I took shots I had a blurry kind of vision.
I know it happens with scopes but with a shotgun it seems unheard of.
Am I maybe focusing too much and panicking? Didn't happen at all during summer taking out crows and pigeons for farmer.
Missed very few and had nice bags after most sessions.

First thing what do you mean when you say you get blurry vision, let the bird out that bit further 25 yards is very close, and the shot taken at that stage has not spread much, also if a Bird is heading away from you with you looking at it's back side its a lot harder to hit than a Bird side on,also dont close one eye when you fire, shoot with both eyes open you may have a dominate eye causing you to think your on the Bird when in fact you are missing by quite a bit, you can get information on Utube into this, it will explain with a video as to what a dominate eye can and cannot do, keep it going and your hit rate will improve.

Best of Luck.;)

One shot on kill

Are you aiming to long maybe.

Or sometimes if your trying to hard and really concentrateing intensely.

How long is it happening.


Are you tired when hunting. Or getting enough sleep.

jimf

a very easy way to find out your dominant eye

point at an object at 5 yards away with both eyes open
close your left eye if your still pointing at it you have a right dominant eye

now close your right eye and see what happens

J.R.

dodderangler wrote: »

I hit a jack snipe at about 40 yards week before.

Am I maybe focusing too much and panicking? Didn't happen at all during summer taking out crows and pigeons for farmer.

Missed very few and had nice bags after most sessions.

I think that it's a case of 'buck fever'......you're getting too exciting when a cock pheasant rises...........trying too hard to get one. Is this your first season at pheasants?

Try to steady up, relax and take your time....you have more time than you think.

I'm shooting pheasants for over 35 years and the odd one still frightens the daylights out of me when it rises unexpectly, crowing loudly while slipping over a hedge.

If it was a dominant eye problem I think it would have been noticed before now. If you're hitting crows, pigeons & snipe without it happening then I can't see an eye problem. Saying that I would do the tests outlined above to eliminate it.

I think you are sub-consciouisly focusing & concentrating too hard when a pheasant rises.....probably an inherent fear of missing it....season so short....pheasants so scarce etc. ...may not get the chance again this year etc.

Try to relax and treat the pheasant as if it was a pigeon rising (easier said than done)